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Saturday: AM Baltra Island: Airport / PM Rábida Island
Sunday: AM Genovesa Island: El Barranco / PM Genovesa Island: Darwin Bay
Monday: AM Santiago Island: Espumilla Beach, Buccaneer Cove / PM Santiago Island: Egas Port
Tuesday: AM Santa Cruz Island: Bachas Beach / Baltra airport
Baltra Airport
Morning flight from Quito or Guayaquil to Baltra Island, Galapagos Islands. You will arrive at Baltra Island in the morning. After passing through immigration and baggage claim, you will be met by the Natural Paradise staff and transferred to the yacht. You will be shown to your cabin where you will have some time to settle in before lunch and a welcome briefing.
Rábida Island
In the afternoon you will visit Rabida Island which is one of the most colourful and volcanically varied islands in the archipelago, as well as a great snorkeling site. We will start on Rabida's famous maroon sandy beach, and after an easy hike, you will arrive to a stunning lookout to enjoy the amazing landscapes. The island is a birdwatcher's delight. Some of the rarest species are in abundance such as nine varieties of finches, large-billed flycatchers, Galapagos hawks and brown pelicans.
El Barranco (Genovesa Island)
In the morning, you will visit El Barranco which is also known as Prince Phillip's Steps. It is a steep, rocky path that leads up to a high cliff-face. A marvelous view can be appreciated from here. This site is also home to palo santo vegetation as well as red-footed boobies, short-eared lava owls, Galapagos swallows, and Galapagos doves.
Darwin Bay (Genovesa Island)
In the afternoon, you will visit the white-sand coral beach of Darwin Bay which heads a half mile trail (0,75km) that winds through mangroves filled with land birds. Nazca boobies, red-footed boobies, and swallow-tailed gulls can be spotted here. Further down the path we'll find tidal pools where sea lions swim playfully. At the end is a spectacular view of a cliff.
Espumilla Beach (Santiago Island)
In the morning, visit is to Espumilla Beach where marine iguanas lounge and the Sally Lightfoot crabs attract the hunting herons performing the dance of predator and prey right before your eyes. Snorkeling is highly recommended as you could and yourself face to face with an octopus, moray eel, shark and a variety of other species of tropical fish.
Egas Port (Santiago Island)
In the afternoon, you will go to Egas Port, also known as James Bay, on Santiago Island which is home to the curious Galapagos hawks and quick-footed Galapagos lava lizards. The trail leads to the coastline with gorgeous tide pools and grottos full of fauna. Here the Galapagos fur sea lions bathe in the sun. This is also a great snorkeling site.
Bachas Beach (Santa Cruz Island) / Baltra airport
The morning visit, Bachas Beach, is located on the north shore of Santa Cruz which is a swimming beach. One of the few remnants of the U.S. World War II presence in the Galapagos, a floating pier, can be seen here. You may see flamingos, Sally Lightfoot crabs, hermit crabs, black-necked stilts, and whimbrels. Sea turtles also nest on the beach.
After this final visit, you will be transferred to Baltra's airport in time for your flight back to the mainland.
South Plaza Island / Baltra airport
In the morning, you will head to South Plaza Island. This small island with steep cliffs was formed by rising lava and is now covered by Opuntia cacti. It is also home to one of the largest sea lion colonies as well as colorful yellow and red land iguanas. The most characteristic plant is the Sesuvium. During the rainy season its color is a greenish to yellowish tone and in the dry season (end of June through January) a bright red.
After this final visit, you will be transferred to Baltra airport in time for your flight back to the mainland.
Important notes:
- Rates are per person based on double occupancy
- Children under 12 traveling in the same cabin in triple occupancy have a discount
- Single supplement may apply
- Itineraries are unlikely to change significantly but are subject to change. Weather, wildlife breeding, safety concerns, instructions from the Galapagos National Park, specific abilities and interests of passengers as well as operational matters may cause your guide or captain to change the time or nature of visits. Your guide and captain will always endeavor to select the best itinerary within these limits.
Standard Cabin $ 2645.00
Junior Suite $ 2845.00
Suite $ 3145.00
**Christmas and New Year holidays (from December 20th to January 3rd) have an additional surcharge
The rate includes:
- All meals & excursions
- Transfers in the islands
- Bilingual National Park Guide
- Use of snorkeling equipment
- Use of wetsuit
- Use of underwater camera
- Free airport Assistance*
- 1 hotel night in Quito or Guayaquil (the day before the cruise)
- 2 Free transfers to Galapagos Flights*
*Conditions apply
- Roundtrip Airfare to / from Galapagos
- Alcoholic drinks
- $100 Galapagos National Park fee
- $20 Transit Control Card
- Travel / medical insurance
- Tips
- Personal Expenses


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Friday in Nashville, TN at the 2015 NRA annual meeting, Dr. Ben Carson said we need to keep Second Amendment rights strong to defend our nation against radical extremist Islamic terrorists crossing the southern border because if, "if we have an administration that won't fight them, we have to be able fight them themselves."
Carson said, "Why do we have the Second Amendment? Because our founders recognized that if our nation was invaded, if our citizens had the ability to aid the military, we would be a much more formidable group of people. And that seems kinda far fetched these days, but maybe it's not so far fetched, particularly if we don't solidify our borders, particularly in the south."
"We think about people from Honduras or Mexico and places like that coming in, but there are people that are watching us all over this world," he continued. "They are called radical extremist Islamic terrorists. And they are going to get in here any way they can. And when they get here we need to be able fight them, particularly if we have an administration that won't fight them, we have to be able fight them themselves."
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I am leaving in 11 days for Camp NaNoWriMo!
Okay, so I'm not actually going anywhere, but I have officially taken on Camp NaNoWriMo. Some of you may remember the incredible 30 days in November? That's just regular 'ol NaNoWriMo. Well, Camp NaNo is pretty much the same thing, but you have the option to choose your word count.
Something else about Camp NaNo that is different. Instead of a local forum to go and talk with other writers, you can be a part of cabins with other writers from all over. There are up to 8 people in a cabin, so it's really like going to camp. Lots of support from the small little group sounds like an awesome idea.
My goal is half the usual amount, so 25k, which translates to 807 words a day. I made this decision because…
I calculated another 10 chapters, including the Epilogue to write. That breaks it down to 2,500 words per chapter. I can do this. I Brought Home a Ghost is as good as done already…
Sure, it's right in the middle of me moving, two huge productions, growing a business and working two people's jobs because we lost someone….But, I want to finish it, and I believe I can.
So, what do you think? You with me? Excited? Ready for a finished novel from Eon Reed? I sure the hell am.
Woooo! And Reed.


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Being young parents we have a group of our friends who are not yet parents and sometimes, they tend to have these negative dreams for our children. What do I mean by negative dreams though? Once in a while I get to hear disturbing sentences such as "This will be my drinking buddy when he is 18years, you will be ...Read More »
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Okadia Fiona (captain4)
Everyone seems to love to call me Okadia or "fii" so either of the two is cool with me, though I noticed those not so close will call me Fiona, always sounds weird. Well, I have a son his name is Chiiwo (gift) and he is really living up to his name showering me with all kinds of gifts this ...Read More »
Soni Waruri (captain3)
They call me Soni waruri…mother to a beautiful daughter called Nela who turned 1year recently..well i come off shy at first but once we get to know each other i open up..I am friendly and very caring. I take my friends as my family.I love poetry..which I do as a hobby and swimming…also I love looove watching movies and weird ...Read More »
What Waangari Maathai shared with me the other day.
After employing a social media manager I must say I have had a few minutes or hours to myself and decided to be spending time reading books, so for the past one and a half weeks I have read this amazing book by Wangari Maathai. I know we all know her and her amazing journey with the Green belt movement. ...Read More »
Enam: Mr. Chiiwo , how are you sir? Chiiwo: Couldn't be better, 2015 is proving to be an awe so amazing year! How are you? Your people? Enam; Good stuff! We all splendid. Got my dreads the other day. Chiiwo: My mother would never sleep if I came home with plaited hair, dreads or a piercing; she is the old ...Read More »
I am pregnant with you always, even if, you give me miscarriages.
Have you ever wished to have something or that someone or to be somewhere but no matter how much you tried, all you get is disappointed? This is where I say it is good to dream but achievements are not easy. The woman in Somalia, She is an inspiration to me, She lives a life and a world she did ...Read More »
Sometimes after giving birth women tend to feel not as sharp as before. It is not that after babies your IQ changes, it is more of your priorities change therefore you seem to forget the not so important things but when it comes to matters of your baby for sure we all seem to remember, like their bath times, their ...Read More »


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Fantastic TriLevel Townhome in VISTA @ KINGSGATE w/Clarkstown Schools! This beautiful END-unit is in MOVE-IN Condition so bring your fussiest buyers! Wonderful layout with a good floor plan flow - this home is a legal 2-bed unit however it has a 3rd room without closet on 2nd level! Updated over the years and well maintained. Kitchen has young cabinetry and some SS appliances and corian counter! Gleaming cherry H/W Floors on 1st and 2nd level. Full finished basement adds an impressive 700sf to the SF stated above! Light, Bright and Airy with fantastic views of the Nanuet Valley and Nyack Ridge from the bedroom level! Quick Access to the Palisades Interstate Parkway and I-287/Tappan Zee Bridge corridor! Commuter Bus to NYC from within the complex! Steps to the Shoppes at Nanuet! VISTA at Kingsgate is one of several beautiful well maintained communities within The HAMLETS at Nanuet. This is a HOMEPATH Property!
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just wondering, I'm sure this will be moved to off topic soon but I figured I will start with it here so it actually gets some responses. I will try to use some various culturally recognizable terms.
right leaning libertarian
usually vote teaparty
mrz wrote:I think left libertarianism is the perfect transitioning political system to right libertarianism which is the perfect end goal.
John Rambo, wrote:National Socialist/White Nationalist any other comrades here?
Aesthetics Dr Lux wrote:Damn, we are tired of seeing SuperMan and JapanMan in your Sig. Too much to scroll down (ggrrr).
InB4: At least I have a reason for my long Sig -- I got propaganda to disseminate in this Forum.
Gymcel Chronicles wrote:Society creates monsters much like Dr Frankenstein but takes 0 responsibility as normalfags do.
mrz wrote:Some people deserve to die and they should be killed ASAP
nada para fazer wrote:Both tyger and superincel are very bad people
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Teacher training
Introductory course
We organize regular courses so that you can become acquainted
with Tandem as a method and an organization.
Here a programme example:
Thursday (or Friday)
* 15.00 Introduction of participants. Game: ' Speaking Names '
* Introduction, theory, similar approaches (lifelong learning)
* History of Tandem
* 17.00 Video of the tandem pair and
the tandem course
* 18,00 Creating the tandem pair, theory and preparations
* 19.30 End
Friday (or Saturday)
* 9,00 Further work on the development of the tandem pair with
practical exercises
* Overview of the material for working in pairs
* 11,30 Effectiveness and quality of tandem
* 12,00 Further developments in tandem: Tandem for
professional/special purposes, E-Mail tandem
* 13,00 Video of the tandem course
* 13.30 Lunch
* 15,00 Tandem course: Overview, role of teacher etc..
* Case study
* Material fair
* 17,00 Intercultural tandem
* 18,00 Taking tandem into the 'normal classroom
* Babylonia tandem (receptive multi-lingualism), short video
* 19.00 End
Saturday (or Sunday)
* 9,00 Information on the Tandem®Net: publicity, marketing,
financing (optional)
* 11,00 Tandem Foundation, their offers and projects, e.g.,
cross-border work, tandem pair diary, pupil exchange, copying
service, Tandem News
* Specific questions / a look at the material
* Evaluation
* 13.30 End
Next tandem introductory courses and updates
To help with planning ahead, please find below the course
dates for 2015:
telelearning from home
English, German, Spanish
Normally the separate second half serves as a refresher course
for people with experience. It is possible to book both days or the
second half only.
A mailing-list is maintained to send out invitations
There are also tutored self-access courses
and modules for advanced
practioners available.
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NumberMill was set up, specifically to meet the requirements of recruitment business's for support with regard to financial, strategic and compliance affairs.This is a specialist area, that requires professionals who understand the commercial and compliance related challenges of this fast moving sector of work force management. Everyone in our business has been specifically selected as they are professional specialists with experience in recruitment and accountancy services. In the early stages we identified through our compliance consultancy that many providers in the sector, who claimed they were compliant, were not. We identified lots of bogus claims with regard to HMRC approved schemes, accreditations, badges of approval, which frankly meant nothing other than a false sense of security. We identified
- Poor contractual documentation
- Lack of expense claim checking
- Minimum wage breaches
- Failure to adhere to the 24 month rule
- Unfair/hidden deductions
And the list goes on…
For this reason, we don't trust anyone to meet our clients need compliantly, so to be sure, we set up our own compliant umbrella and accountancy services


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Feb 10, 2018 at 7:30 pm
Steven Schick conducts orchestra and soprano soloist in Gustav Mahler's "4th Symphony." LJS&C 2017 Young Artists Competition Winner Tasha Koontz solos. Second in the program is the premier of "Alone: Theater and Music for Fiona", by Paris-based circus artist, composer, and percussionist Roland Auzet, written for and commissioned by UCSD graduate student and experimental percussionist Fiona Digney, who solos. This concert is the final event of the "It's About Time" festival, a partnership with the San Diego Symphony. A pre-concert lecture is given by the conductor one hour before each performance.
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Want to jam with your friends? Don't read music? Ready to take the next step towards playing from your heart instead of your head? The "Nashville Numbers" are a system to help musicians play along with any song. Come learn how to use this system as you play along with our expert instructor, who has been a full time performing musician for 8 years. This class is for intermediate and expert musicians of all ages, instruments and backgrounds.
Instructors: Guest Instructor - Lyn Wenner
Cost: $20.00
Location: Coyote Trails' Jefferson Nature Center - Medford, Oregon
Time: 7pm -9pm
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Support breast cancer awareness and education with Husqvarna. While supplies last, Husqvarna will donate $3 to Men Against Breast Cancer for each purchase of a limited-edition pink toy chainsaw, available for sale only at your local Husqvarna dealer!
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GÉMENOS, France — Lovely Planet announced today the exclusive launch of the first line of sex toys from French porn star Clara Morgane.
The company said Morgane is France's most famous porn star and was the first French woman to appear on the cover of the American edition of Penthouse, as well as on many others magazines including VSD, FHM, Playboy and Maxim.
Morgane's new line of sex toys and intimate products are targeted at both men and women, to use solo or as a couple.
Products include a remote-controlled egg, vibrating cock rings, geisha balls and condoms in a collection the company said will seduce beginners and experts alike.
Some noted products include an anal plug available in two shades, and a realistic masturbator.
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Save a turkey, stuff a pumpkin!
This post guest-written by Barbara Eiswerth, Founder and Director of Iskashitaa Refugee Network.
The Charlie Brown Pumpkin harvest is never just a pumpkin harvest to Iskashitaa Refugee Network. Iskashitaa has been working with Buckelew Farms and the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona for 13 years to reduce food waste. Nearly 70 Iskashitaa volunteers from America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East scoured and utilized every inch of edible flowers, buds, seeds (pickled delicacy in Bhutan), squash, green shoots and leaves that we could fit in our modest trucks. For a UN refugee, this offers a taste of home not found in stores or even farmer's markets.
In this season alone, three 18 wheelers, two trucks, and a luxury high school bus brought food resources to many in Tucson (5,000 pounds back to Iskashitaa). This time of year for our 'Save a Turkey' campaign (Stuff a Pumpkin), we provide many amazing recipes to make the fall filled with nutritious local foods. Iskashitaa will have pumpkins and squash for redistribution for 6-9 months each year for UN refugees to supplement their diet. Iskashitaa makes this harvest happen with groups like, University Students from four departments, Salpointe High School, and Catholic Relief Services student club.
For a suggested donation of $1 per lb get yourself some squash to savor this Thanksgiving holiday. Your donation will help us pay for transportation as well as redistribution of food to refugee families this winter. Email Paola at [email protected] if you are interested.
Check out some of our recipes below:
Elegant Stuffed Pumpkin
From the Vegetarian Times Cookbook; Modified by Iskashitaa Refugee Network
- 1 five pound pumpkin
- 2-3 cups brown or white rice, cooked
- 2 cups crumbled dry bread
- 1 onion, chopped
- ½-1 cup chopped celery and leaves
- 2 local apples (tart, chopped)
- Handful dried fruit (any)
- 1-2 cups vegetable stock
- ¼- ½ cup butter, melted, or safflower oil
- Sage, savory, marjoram, oregano, & paprika to taste
- Soy sauce or salt to taste
Cut off top of pumpkin to make a lid. Remove seeds and scrape out any stringy pulp. Combine dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl and mix well with hands. Add stock and butter, and mix well, adding soy sauce or salt if desired. Stuffing should be moist but not wet. Pack loosely into pumpkin, replace lid, and bake on an oiled cookie sheet for 1 ½ hours or more at 325 °F. It's done when a fork pushes easily through the pumpkin. Transfer to a casserole dish and serve at the table, scooping out some of the tender pumpkin flesh with each serving of stuffing.
Serves 5-6
Stuffed Squash or Pumpkin
From the Vegetarian Times Cookbook; Modified by Iskashitaa Refugee Network
- 1 large squash (Hubbard, butternut, or 2-3 acorn squash)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3 onions, minced
- 6 celery stocks (with leaves)
- 2 chopped local apples
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup soup stock or water
- 3 cups cooked brown rice, millet, or bulgur
- Cayenne pepper to taste
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1 teaspoon crushed sage
- ½ cup toasted and chopped almonds, cashews, etc.
- Handful dried fruit (any)
Split squash in half and scoop out seeds and membrane. Heat 1 Tbsp. oil in a skillet and sauté onion. When it's lightly browned, add celery and sauté a few more minutes. Add salt and ½ cup of water. Simmer for 10 minutes. Combine with remaining stuffing ingredients. Fill squash cavities and brush sides with remaining oil. Place in a roasting pan and cover the whole pan with foil. Bake at 350 °F for 1-2 hours. (Hubbard squash usually takes much longer to bake than an Acorn.)
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Today, I turn the page on a chapter in my life.
For almost 26 years, I have been a massage therapist. My very first client was also my very last client. I thought it fitting to celebrate!
I'm grateful to her and all my honoured clients for trusting in me for all these years.
Mixed feelings… That about sums it up.
I'm sad that I won't get to spend time with my faithful clients in the same manner. Oh, sure, I'll see them. We've got coffee dates and lunches booked, but we all know… time creeps into the empty spaces and distracts us from the best laid plans.
I'll have to be diligent with my schedule, with keeping contact with friends and filling my life with purpose.
I have grand plans to organize the crap out of my house. Quite literally! If you saw my closets you'd know to which "crap" I'm referring.
Other than that, I will have my fabric business Fabric Please! to keep me busy. Thank goodness (and God)!
I'll be spending the next few days dismantling my massage clinic and moving my fabric business into the space. Cathartic work that will help me transition.
Stay tuned for the next chapter…
"May it be as rewarding and prosperous as the last"
Till next time…
Artwork created by Kathryn Forler 20 years ago. My hands on her daughter-in-law sculpted out of clay. Thanks Kathryn, wherever you are!


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At Camp River's Bend the camp season runs for a six week period each summer. In addition to inviting campers to attend for the full camp session, we also accept a limited number of campers for our two separate, three week sessions.
2018 Dates and Rates
Full Six Week Session: June 23th- August 4th... $5600
First Session: June 23th- July 14th... $3060
Second Session: July 15th- August 4th... $3060
All rates include a $600 deposit due with the application, which is only refundable up until 12/31/17.
A 5% discount will be applied to the tuition of any brother of a registered camper.
Enrollment for the summer of 2018 will begin on September 1st for returning families and on
September 14th for new families.
CRB 2018 Application For Admission
Please click on the above link to download an application. Mail your completed application with your deposit to P.O. Box 210, Manakin Sabot, VA 23103
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By: Carmen Willings
Reports should indicate what a student's uncorrected and corrected visual acuities are. If a student's vision can be corrected, even mildly, they will typically be prescribed glasses or contacts.
Why were the glasses prescribed?
It is important to know why the glasses have been prescribed. Correcting a refractive error (such as myopia or hyperopia) is only one of the reasons that these may be prescribed. Glasses may be prescribed with a prism for a muscle imbalance or they may be recommended to protect the eyes. If the glasses are prescribed for near, they should be removed for distance viewing and vice versa if recommended by the doctor (some students will be able to leave them on as it will not have a significant impact). Glasses that are prescribed for myopia, or nearsightedness, will have a minus lens. Glasses prescribed for hyperopia will have a plus lens.
Types of Lenses
The type of lenses that are prescribed can tell you a lot about the student's eye condition. The stronger the lens, the more significant the uncorrected vision. Keep in mind that even if a student is prescribed glasses, it doesn't necessarily mean that the student's vision can be fully corrected. This is because glasses cannot correct all types of visual impairments.
A convex, or plus lens
A convex lens bulges outward, converges light rays and increases the size of an image being viewed. A plus lens directs light rays entering the eye so they focus on the retina instead of behind the retina as convex lenses correct hyperopia, a condition in which the eye is underpowered. Lens power that is greater than +12D could mean that the student has no crystalline lens (due to cataract surgery or aphakia) or the student has extreme farsightedness.
A concave, or minus lens
A concave lens bulges inward, diverges light rays and decreases the size of the image received or can be used to converge light rays so that they focus on the retina, rather than in front of it. A very strong minus lens indicates extreme nearsightedness, also referred to as high myopia.
Plano lenses
A plano lens does not bulge inward or outward and is not for correction in eyeglasses. A student may be prescribed plano lenses if they have no vision in one eye and the lens is used to "balance" the prescription for the other eye. It may also be used for cosmetic reasons or for safety reasons.
Prism Lenses
Prism lenses are often prescribed for persons who have strabismus for the purpose of redirecting the rays of light entering the eye. Prisms may also be used for persons with visual field neglect to cue the person that additional information exists in the neglected field.
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All About Vision
Gary Heiting, OD has written a great article for All About Vision entitled "How to Read Your Eyeglass Prescription." This information can be very helpful when interpreting the eye report!
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Thank you to Phil Kean of the Phil Kean Design Group for this update on the progress of The New American Home 2017. Once again, we are thrilled to be able to showcase a Garaventa Home Elevator in this prestigious show home for the International Builders Show.
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Australian LULA Elevator Captures May POM
Congratulations to our friends down under at PR King & Sons. They have captured the Garaventa Lift Project of the Month for May, 2016.
This is an installation of an Elvoron LULA limited use limited application elevator, made by Garaventa Lift and installed by P.R. King & Sons. The application showcases the optional glass 2-speed sliding doors.
The building is the Eileen O'Connor Catholic College in Lewisham, Australia.
Eileen Rosaline O'Connor was an Australian Nun, who devoted her life in service to those less fortunate. In 1913, she founded the Society of Our Lady's Nurses for the Poor from the bedroom of her home in Coogee.
Remarkably, she sustained a serious back injury when she was only three years old, resulting in a lifelong disability and constant pain. She was only 28 years old when she died. She may not have lived a long lifetime, but her example continues to inspire others today. She is considered a counted Servant of God, meaning that she is under consideration by the Catholic Church for possible canonization into sainthood.
The institution bearing her name has as one of its aims, "to provide a stimulating education designed to develop the whole student that enriches them socially, emotionally, physically, intellectually, creatively, morally and spiritually." We are proud that the people in charge of the college chose Garaventa Lift and PR King & Sons to provide their new LULA Elevator.
Press Release
January 24, 2016
Garaventa Lift is thrilled to announce the release of our new 3-speed side sliding elevator doors for home elevators. This new option will allow home owners and builders to create the same look and feel on their home elevator as a standard commercial passenger elevator.
Buyers can choose from three door packages:
The Standard Door Package features an accordion car gate and swinging hall doors by others. This arrangement has been the industry standard for years and continues to be available.
The Upgrade Door Package includes a 3-speed sliding elevator car door with swinging hall doors by others. This allows for the use of a swinging hall door which matches the other doors in the home. The accordion gate used in the Standard Door Package is replaced by a 3-speed automatic sliding elevator door for the cab. For all the specs and measurements, one can view the charts on https://srwindowglass.com/window-repair, make sure to pick the right models.
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- Calories 313
- Caloriesfromfat 18%
- Fat 6.1g
- Satfat 1.6g
- Monofat 2.1g
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- Protein 21.1g
- Carbohydrate 46.8g
- Fiber 6.6g
- Cholesterol 54mg
- Iron 4.1mg
- Sodium 464mg
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Curried-Lamb Fricassee
How to Make It
Heat oil in a large Dutch oven over medium heat. Add 1 tablespoon curry powder and salt; sauté 10 seconds. Add lamb and onion, and cook 5 minutes over medium-high heat or until the lamb is browned. Add potato and next 6 ingredients (potato through ginger), and cook 2 minutes. Add tomato and broth; cover, reduce heat, and simmer 35 minutes or until vegetables are tender.


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TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Shares fell Monday, as wary investors took profits after recent gains.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange Weighted Price Index lost 106.05 to 6377.25. Decliners outnumbered advancers 366 to 87, with 45 unchanged. Trading volume totaled 57.84 billion New Taiwan dollars.
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New cooperation agreement with SportScheck GmbHThe Frankfurt-based Steigenberger subsidiary InterCityHotel GmbH is starting the new year on a sporty note by entering into cooperation with a new partner in the shape of SportScheck GmbH.
The cooperation agreement came into force on 1 January 2015 and promises much more than merely good intentions. As part of the future deal, InterCityHotel GmbH will become the exclusive hotel partner for the city runs staged by SportScheck and BMW.
The races attract around 100,000 participants and form the most extensive series of this kind in Germany. InterCityHotel will also be a partner of the SportScheck Customer Club and thus enable more than one million members to enjoy attractive hotel prices.
Numerous joint promotional campaigns are also in the pipeline. These will include so-called Sight Running Events, during which runners explore towns and cities. Anyone who is left breathless by such pursuits can always fall back on the FreeCityTicket, which is included in the cost of a stay at an InterCityHotel and allows guests to use local public transport free of charge.
"We are looking forward to our cooperation with SportScheck GmbH," said Puneet Chhatwal, CEO of Steigenberger Hotels AG. "Such a link emphasises our young and sporty side and expands our brand awareness still further."
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Candles add to the ambiance of any room…and Halloween is no exception. In the movies about vampires and Frankenstein, candles are always the main source of lighting and are still associated with those traditional Halloween themes.
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Day 14. 1/25/2016. Starting Odometer: 144977. Final Odometer: 145069. Mileage: 92. Total Mileage 2825.
I woke up in Sequoia National Park with a mission: I wanted to see all three of California's crown jewels on this day. My time was running short. My wife, my life, and my future were waiting in Portland. I had discovered that everything I wanted wasn't going to be found on the road, it was back at home. But there was still something out there. Something I needed to find, something I needed to do. I felt like there was something I still needed to do. I hadn't come all this way without seeing Yosemite.
So here I was, leaving Sequoia. Kings Canyon National Park was just (relatively speaking) down the road, and Yosemite was just a hop, skip, and winding road to the north. All three are a few hours apart from the central hub of Fresno, California, where I grew up. I stopped by the Sequoia National Park visitor's center, talked to the Ranger about the King's Highway — a mountain road that links Sequoia and Kings, and found out that not only was the road closed for the winter, but even if it was open, my rig was too long to be allowed on it to begin with.
I had to take the scenic route.
Before I left, I got a good glimpse of the Mercedes RV I had spotted in the middle of the night. That is one impressive zombie-apocalypse-wagon, if you know what I mean. A lot more "Utility" than your usual Sport Utility Vehicle can boast, that's for sure.
I ended up taking a circuitous route around the outskirts of the Sierra Nevada, keeping the mountains to my right, and the foothills of the San Joaquin Valley on my left. With a storm coming in behind me, and a storm leaving ahead of me, the sky showed a cacophony of grays and whites as the sun fought to break through a varying cloud base.
Halfway between Sequoia and Kings Canyon I discovered something remarkable. I found myself near Hartland Christian Camp, where I had been a camper for two years, a counselor-in-training for two years, and a counselor for two years. I recorded my feelings about discovering it on video, which is here, in today's Roadcast:
When I got to King's Canyon, I went to one of the only parts of the park still open — the park was heavily snowed-in — Grant Grove, one of the biggest Giant Sequoia groves in the world, and home to General Grant, a huge freakin' tree (General Sherman, the largest tree in the world, is in Sequoia). It was here that Baby Groot wanted to go, to talk to the trees of our world, and thank them for being allowed to go on this trip with me.
We found the grove undisturbed, exquisite in its beauty, breath-taking in its regalia.
Baby Groot was transfixed by the size of these trees.
He whispered to one of them, plaintitively, "I am Groot?"
And the tree answered.
With a bolt of lightning, Groot was restored. The sacrifice he had made for his friends had been rewarded. His faithfulness had been proven. Groot was back.
I realized, as I carried Groot from tree to tree, that it was time I started being faithful. It was time for me to make the sacrifices my family needed to survive. I had spent a month looking for myself, a month trying to figure out what made me tick, a month not doing the things I needed to do to restore my manhood, my self-respect, and my personal sense of Groot.
It was time to go home.
I had one more stop before day's end.
I hoped I'd arrive on time.


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What Does Florida's Medical Marijuana Law Mean for Employers?
Many employers in Florida are familiar with Amendment 2, which legalizes medical marijuana for qualifying individuals. However, fewer are aware of how the law will actually impact them since becoming effective January 2, 2017. The implications involved when an employee is eligible to procure medical marijuana are complex, under both federal labor laws and state regulations: Amendment 2 raises questions for employers regarding drug testing and wrongful termination for violating zero tolerance policies.
Because the Florida Department of Health has until June 2017 to issue regulations to provide guidance to employers, companies have little direction on how to proceed. A Florida labor and employment lawyer can offer advice and assistance to employers seeking some clarity on how to manage their employees.
History of Florida Law Regarding Marijuana Use
Amendment 2 is not the state's first foray into medical marijuana legalization. Governor Rick Scott signed a law in 2014 allowing physician to provide prescriptions for low dosage marijuana strains. Only terminally ill individuals and patients suffering from seizures qualified to receive medical marijuana. Very few people were actually eligible under this law and the low potency was considered inadequate to impact their suffering. Therefore, Amendment 2 was placed on the ballot for the 2016 election. It passed, with language that included factors to determine what is a "debilitating medical condition" to justify a medical marijuana prescription.
Federal Employment Law Issues
Medical marijuana use is not protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) or the Family Leave Medical Act (FMLA), but there are still implications for employers. An employee that has a medical marijuana registration card may reveal the disability, which means an employer must evaluate the situation prior to termination or taking other adverse actions. The FMLA comes into play when an employer must consider whether leave is available and appropriate for the employee to manage his or her condition.
Drug Testing and Zero Tolerance
Courts have held that employers have no duty to accommodate medical marijuana usage or possession at the workplace, under ADA regulations. However, because marijuana remains in a person's system long after consumption, an employer's policies on drug testing and zero tolerance may raise issues: An employee's off-duty medical marijuana usage could lead to a failed drug test. Amendment 2 does not provide an exception to protect workers from zero tolerance policies, so – for now – employers can continue to enforce them. However, it will be necessary to review future regulations as they're released.
The key takeaway for Florida employers is that not much will change, unless and until regulations are enacted by the Department of Health. Still, it's important for employers to communicate their drug policies so there's no confusion or reason for employees to claim wrongful termination. In addition, employers must revisit their policies when regulations are passed. The experienced labor and employment attorneys at Penichet Law can help you work through the process and provide guidance as Florida's Amendment 2 is implemented. Please contact our Miami office for more information or questions about your current policies.


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|This route will take us to the discovery of the Alcantara river, from the gorges columnar basalt to the small Gurne lakes, through paths away from the usual tourist itineraries.
In the afternoon we'll go across the Malabotta wood , a relaking walk among the most ancient oaks in Sicily. Tour will end at the Argimusco Megaliths, enormous rocks misteriously shaped by nature and humans
|Total distance walking
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|Ending point
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Sunday, 31 October 2010
Great day at P.O.W
Well i had great fun today at POW having not been for two months now with holidays and illness. Since i've been away the safe zone has been upgraded with seating and the site is developing into a fantastic Airsoft site. The move from the old to new site has been well worth all the hassle the site owners had to go through. I'll be posting up a Youtube video in due course but here are some pics to wet your apetite until then....
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Was great to catch up with you again mate and I've noticed you are really branching out on the vid front. Loved the bloopers one. Was laughing so hard I had tears in my eyes. LOL DaemondX aka Derek :)ReplyDelete
Thanks man, good to see you back at POW again and i hope its a regular thing again! The YouTube channel is now as much a hobby as the airsoft itself but due to work i cant focus as much attention on it as i'd like and go visiting other sites and doing reviews etc. hopefully one day i'll see some return for the work and money i've invested so far.ReplyDelete
see you soon m8!
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This story has been a long time in the planning. It was originally called "Believe in Me", and was basically going to involve Ron and Hermione not believing Harry's suspicions about Draco at the beginning of HPB. Ginny believed him instead, and that was pretty much it. But every time I tried to start writing the story, I got really bored. There just wasn't anything there to distinguish it enough from canon. My wonderful beta, Ella (Alianneoftortall - go read her brilliant Backward with Purpose if you have not), helped me plan out a new, more sinister plot, and I think it works. I ended up using an idea that was originally going to be part of a Chamber of Secrets era story, but I think it works much better in 6th year. The Harry/Ginny interactions are a lot more fun now too.
For those of you who like Watching and Waiting, there will eventually be some fun outtakes from this story. Plus, I'm working on yet another chapter of that story.
Enjoy and please review!
Chapter One – Everything is Not Okay
"Will you just give it up, mate?" The irritation in Ron's voice was more pronounced this time as he looked across the train compartment at Harry. "I mean, we know you think it's suspicious. But when has Malfoy ever done anything on the up and up? I think you're overreacting."
Harry sighed in frustration and leaned back against the train seat. He and Ron had been having similar versions of this same argument ever since they had followed Draco down into Knockturn Alley the week before. Harry was certain that Draco's threats to Borgin were serious and should be taken as such. Ron had agreed that Malfoy was up to, well, something, but neither he nor Hermione seemed terribly concerned about what that something might be. It didn't make sense.
Ron especially had always been willing, eager even, to believe the worst about the Slytherin in the past, and Harry couldn't understand his lack of interest now. Particularly since the three of them were all operating under an unspoken agreement to pretend that everything was normal. Even though they all knew that it really wasn't.
In the week following the death of Sirius at the Department of Mysteries, Harry, Ron and Hermione had barely spoken to each other. To be completely fair, Harry didn't really speak to anyone. He couldn't exactly explain what was wrong, other than the obvious, of course. The guilt was familiar. He kept replaying Sirius' last moments over in his mind, kicking himself for being so gullible. How did he actually believe the lies of a house elf who had clearly loathed his master? If he wasn't so into his "saving people" thing, he might have stopped to listen to Hermione's concerns, might have considered the reasons for the Occlemancy lessons, might have remembered the enchanted mirrors, might, might, might.
And Sirius would still be alive and Harry would not have dragged his closest friends into what could have, and should have, been a massacre.
But there was something else besides the guilt and grief, a feeling that had no name. Like rage, but deeper and emptier. And an intense desire to separate himself from everyone because of an anxiousness he did not understand. It wasn't Voldemort's voice or thoughts he heard during these times, but his emotions weren't his own either. The feeling usually hit suddenly, leaving Harry almost physically ill as it passed, struggling to make apologies and excuses for his angry outbursts or blank moments. He had taken to blaming most of the feelings on his friends; if they hadn't been acting so oddly, he wouldn't be so angry. The more he thought about it that way, the more sense it made to him, until by now, Harry barely realized that his own behavior was off.
Truth be told, none of the six who had fought at the Ministry were dealing with the aftermath particularly well. It might have made sense for them all to get together to talk about what had happened, but as close as most of them were with each other, they were all quite different when it came to trauma, and dealing with it. When they were together, it seemed like everyone just wanted to pretend that nothing had happened.
And that was why Harry, Ron and Hermione were sitting silently together in the train compartment when, in any other year, they would have been deep in discussion about what could possibly be going on with Draco, or more likely, analyzing Dumbledore's promise to begin teaching Harry personally this year. But now, even that request was not enough to break the silence that stole over the trio. Ginny was off with Dean somewhere, Neville had deposited his things and hadn't returned, and no one really had any idea where Luna was.
Harry watched as Ron rubbed his forearm unconsciously; he was still obviously annoyed that Harry continued to pursue his suspicions. But there was something else on his face too, a hesitance that Harry had never seen before. If he hadn't known Ron nearly as well as he knew himself, Harry might have said that Ron actually looked nervous. But about Malfoy??
The look was gone before Harry could register what it meant, Ron's face rearranging itself back into the careful blandness that usually marked his features these days.
Harry was suddenly annoyed again. Ron was still clutching his arm, no doubt trying to subtly remind Harry of the injury he had suffered when the escaped brains had wrapped around him. The scars were fading, but still apparent, and Harry had the impression that, despite his strange nervousness, Ron still enjoyed the attention he got whenever someone noticed the lines carved around his hand and up his arm. Even though he knew he probably shouldn't, Harry couldn't resist getting in another dig.
"I bet Malfoy's arm hurts worse than that," he remarked, deliberately trying to keep his tone conversational. "You know, where he had the Dark Mark branded."
Ron stopped rubbing his arm, but instead of the sharp retort Harry had expected, he just looked scared again, and stared down at the floor. Hermione was the one to look at Harry, a tired expression on her face.
"Enough, Harry."
Harry deflated, his anger disappearing as quickly as it had come, and he studied his other best friend for a long minute. For once, Hermione was not pouring through her schoolbooks or boring them with yet another story from Hogwarts, A History. She was just sitting and watching Harry sadly, as if she couldn't quite understand what had led him to antagonize Ron.
That made sense. Harry couldn't understand it either.
The door to the compartment swung open and Padma Patil looked in at them.
"Ron, Hermione, there's a prefects' meeting, remember?" The Ravenclaw looked curiously at the trio; no one had ever had to remind Hermione about a meeting before.
Hermione frowned and then nodded, gathering up her things and looking back at Ron. He shuffled after her, mumbling a quiet "bye" at Harry as he left.
The compartment door clicked shut, and Harry was alone. He sighed and looked out the window. Being by himself seemed to bring a moment of clarity, and he wondered what exactly was going on with his friends. It wasn't like they hadn't all survived dangerous situations before. Every single year, actually. And he didn't think any of them blamed him for what had happened, even though Harry felt that blame was quite deserved. He supposed it could be about losing Sirius, but even that didn't seem to be it. Sirius had been his godfather, so the sadness and guilt were to be expected for him at least. But why was Ron so scared? And Hermione. If he was being kind, he would call her pre-occupied, but not in the way she got around finals time, or with S.P.E.W. Scattered was more like it.
Anger was building up inside Harry again, irrational anger at Ron and Hermione, and the others. Here he was, just having lost one of the most important people in life, and none of them seemed to really care. Instead of trying to suppress these strange feelings yet again, Harry embraced them, going over in his mind all the ways his closest friends had let him down in recent weeks.
Luna, for instance. What had happened to her odd, but tension-breaking comments that made everything seem less overwhelming? The one time Harry had talked to her, in the hospital wing, she had been remarkably in the moment, calm, sane, and kind of boring. He couldn't remember seeing her on Platform 9 ¾ at all, and wondered, briefly, where she was.
Neville was another disappointment. He had always been a solid presence for Harry, a quiet source of support. Harry had always felt that Neville was almost a touchstone for what his own life could have been, a reminder that Harry was not the only student at Hogwarts with demons in his past. It made him want to fight harder, to keep those demons at bay. Neville had been Harry's greatest success during the months of the D.A., and Harry had begun to feel that he was gaining another strong ally in the fight against Voldemort. But in the days after the six returned from the Ministry, Neville seemed to have retreated back to being that timid, forgetful boy they all remembered from first year. Even now, two months later, he had barely spoken to Harry on the train before racing off somewhere.
And Ginny. Oddly, Harry's thoughts towards Ginny were a lot more muddled. His memories of her from before the Ministry were not nearly as personal as for his other friends. Harry realized that he had always thought of her in relation to someone, or something, else; Ron's little sister, one of the Weasleys, a girl with a crush on him, a girl to be rescued from the Chamber. True, this past year he had begun to see flashes of a personality that finally explained the wary awe her brothers bestowed on her, but his own interactions with Ginny had been rare. Of the five who had gone with Harry to the Ministry, Ginny's attitude and demeanor had changed the least, as far as Harry could tell. But maybe that was because he hadn't particularly noticed her before.
As if reading his thoughts, the compartment door suddenly opened and Ginny herself was there. She grinned at Harry with an easiness that was missing from his other friends. Apparently she hadn't gotten the memo that everyone was supposed to be acting weird, Harry thought wryly to himself.
"Oi! I can only listen to stories about West Ham for so long!" Ginny sighed dramatically and fell onto the seat across from Harry. "Does Dean talk that much about football in your dormitory?"
Harry was taken aback at her casual conversation. "Umm, yeah, when we let him," he managed to stutter out. He was oddly pleased when Ginny laughed. Then she sat up and looked around. "Why are you sitting in here alone? I didn't interrupt anything, did I?"
What exactly did she think she might be interrupting? Harry thought to himself, a flash of the familiar irritation stopping him for a second. But he was able to shake it off.
"Ron and Hermione had to go to a prefects' meeting. I'm just waiting for them to come back."
"Right," said Ginny. Then she frowned. "Harry . . . do you think that they're acting, I don't know, a bit strange?"
"I think we all are." The admission flew out of Harry's mouth before he could bite it back. They were supposed to be pretending nothing was wrong. Ginny stared at him for a minute, and then nodded. "Ron's scared, Hermione's . . . well, she's not all hyper-organized and thoughtful. What are you?"
Harry was shocked at how perceptive Ginny was about what was going on. He didn't think she paid that much attention to him anymore. "How did you . . ."
Ginny raised her eyebrows as if she could see his thoughts. "It's not hard to see, Harry. We lived together all summer at the Burrow, remember? Not to mention all that time at Grimmauld Place last year."
And Harry suddenly did remember. As if looking at a series of photographs, he saw the past months fly by in his mind: cleaning the living room at Grimmauld Place, lurking outside Order meetings with Extendable Ears, waiting for news of her father, being yelled at by her, eating together at the Burrow. Ginny had always been there, but Harry hadn't really paid attention. And Quidditch – he had been surprised to hear that Ginny had taken his place after his ban last year, but after seeing her play, he wondered why she had not joined the team earlier.
The sound of Ginny clearing her throat forced Harry from his thoughts. She was still looking at him. Actually, she was still waiting for him to answer her question, Harry realized.
"Umm, you asked . . .?" Harry remembered, but he wanted to be sure.
"I asked what your problem is," replied Ginny. "And don't try to tell me you don't have a problem too." Her eyes softened. "Is it about Sirius?"
Ginny was the first to ask about his godfather. Harry would ordinarily have expected Hermione to be the one to try to delve into his feelings, but with the way Hermione was around him these days, it was as if she barely remembered that Sirius had died, or that Harry might be feeling his trademark guilt about the entire thing. Harry felt a flash of annoyance even thinking about Hermione trying to make him feel better. Or was it because she wasn't here, trying to figure him out?
Why was he annoyed? Hermione used to be good at explaining feelings. Look at what she understood about Cho. Look how she used to yell at me and Ron when we were acting like arses to each other.
Harry wasn't sure how he felt, having Ginny ask the questions he would have expected from Hermione. He gave the answer he thought she would want to hear.
"Some of it is, I guess. I mean, it's just unfair that we got so little time together." Dumbledore had said something similar to Harry the night they arrived at the Burrow after seeing Slughorn. At the time, Harry had been working to ignore everything that had happened at the end of the school year; he had given Dumbledore a pat reply that he wasn't going to hide himself away just because of what had happened, that Sirius wouldn't have wanted that. Dumbledore had been pleased at Harry's response; Harry had been surprised at how easily the lie had rolled off his tongue. Then he had gone and hidden himself away for most of the summer anyway.
Ginny looked at Harry closely, as if she knew he wasn't being honest. "And you feel incredibly guilty." She was matter-a-fact.
"Wouldn't you?" Harry knew he was being rude, but he still wasn't sure he wanted to have this conversation.
"Of course I would," said Ginny. "And sad, angry, cheated, lonely, you name it. But there's more, isn't there? Something that has to do with how weird Ron and Hermione are being and how you don't feel like yourself."
Ginny watched as Harry's face betrayed more than he probably wanted about how accurate her assessment was. Of course, she was at an advantage here, interpreting his feelings. She had been watching him surreptitiously for almost five years. Harry said a lot more with his face and his actions than he ever said with words, a fact most people didn't realize. She knew he shared more with Ron and Hermione than anyone else, but usually only after stewing on his own for a while. And she knew that Harry was nearly as jealous of Ron's life as Ron thought he was of Harry's, with his fame and attention.
Harry was quiet, staring down at the floor. Then he nodded, as if making a decision. He looked at Ginny.
"It's like, we can't be together. Not comfortably. Not like we used to be. And I don't know why. You're right. Ron is scared of something – I've never seen him like this, except for that time we got caught in a den of giant spiders in the Forbidden Forest. At least he had a good reason that time."
Ginny nodded. She had seen the uncharacteristically frightened look on her brother's face a lot this summer. Usually when conversation had skirted too close to the Department of Mysteries or speculation about Voldemort.
"And Hermione . . ." she prompted.
"Hermione is okay around Ron, but she can't seem to focus on anything like she used to. She doesn't want to discuss . . . I mean, neither of them believe. . ." Harry stopped, and Ginny knew he didn't want to admit how much it bothered him that his best friends didn't seem to trust him all of a sudden.
"Believe what?" Now that she had him talking, Ginny was determined to find out as much as she could.
"Believe that Draco Malfoy has taken his father's place as a Death Eater and is involved in something dangerous." Harry said the last in a rush, as if he didn't expect her to buy his theory any more than Ron or Hermione had.
Ginny frowned. "He's only sixteen," she said slowly. "Do you really think . . ."
"Yes, I do really think he is," said Harry firmly. "We followed him into Knockturn Alley last week and he threatened a shopkeeper there by showing him something. Something that really scared the man. I think it was the Dark Mark on his arm. And he's planning something using a dark item from the store. We just couldn't see what it was."
"And my brother doesn't believe you," said Ginny. It wasn't a question.
"No," said Harry shortly. "Neither does Hermione. They don't want to talk about it at all, actually."
Ginny thought to herself before she spoke, making sure she believed her words and wasn't just placating Harry. "I suppose it's possible," she said slowly. "Lucius Malfoy is certainly a nasty piece of work. I wouldn't put it past him to sign his son up to be a Death Eater at the earliest possible moment. She had not forgiven the man for slipping her Tom Riddle's diary four years earlier. She looked at Harry. "Maybe we should try to keep a closer eye on Draco."
Harry let out a breath. "Yes – that's all I wanted to do. It's not like I'm planning on marching up to him and accusing him of anything."
"Okay then," said Ginny. "I'm in. Let me know how I can help."
Harry grinned at her and it was as if the entire atmosphere in the compartment changed. Ginny smiled back. It was amazing how his mood lightened with the promise of help, someone on his side. And somehow, she knew that Harry was right. A year ago, she might have agreed with him as an excuse to get him to notice her. Now she was oddly proud to think that she was supporting him because it felt right.
Harry was just saying something about using the Marauder's Map to keep an eye on Draco when the compartment door opened and Ron and Hermione came in. They were both laughing about something that had happened at the prefect's meeting.
"And the look on Ernie's face when you did the charm better than him!" Ron was saying, giving Hermione a high five. "Just priceless!"
Ginny saw Harry frown and read his thoughts as easily as if he spoke aloud: Ron and Hermione seemed to be behaving a lot more normally all of a sudden, and it bugged him. Just then Ron caught sight of Harry's face and the light seemed to go out of his own. He looked back and forth between Harry and Ginny as he sat down.
"What?" Harry asked.
Ron shook his head. "Nothing," he mumbled.
Anyone could see that Ron did not want to know what was going on. Ginny was not really surprised that Harry told him anyway.
"Ginny agrees we should keep an eye on Malfoy. "She's going to help."
Ron drew in a breath. "I don't think that's a good idea. It could be dangerous."
Harry looked mad now. "I thought you said I was overreacting!"
Ron still looked scared. "Every time you get suspicious about something, someone ends up hurt. Or . . ." his voice trailed off.
"Or dead? Is that what you were going to say?" Ginny jumped as Harry yelled at her brother, his fury back again. "People around me die, right? Well, if you haven't noticed, a lot of people around me live, too. And I've managed to survive Voldemort what is it, four times now? Five? And I'm still here fighting, and I'm going to keep fighting, even if I have to do it alone. Which I'm beginning to think is the best way anyway." He took several deep breaths, his fists clenched.
Ginny watched Harry struggle for control, torn between whether she should try to calm him or instead support her brother somehow. Instead, she kept quiet. It was clear to her that Harry's anger had a life of its own, although he was trying to suppress it. Ron's fear was out of his control too, for that matter. She wondered briefly about Hermione, but before she could consider the other girl, Ron spoke.
"Maybe we should just go," said Ron, as if reading Harry's thoughts, or at least, his body language.
"Yeah," Harry replied, not looking up.
Hermione was uncharacteristically silent during this exchange. Well, it would have been uncharacteristic before this summer. Now she just stared out the window and ignored the fact that her two closest friends were fighting with each other. She looked up when Ron touched her arm, smiled at Harry, and said goodbye before leaving the compartment again.
Ginny sighed. She needed to think. And Harry needed to be alone before he could antagonize anyone else. "I think I should leave too," she said.
Harry nodded grimly. "Dean and his West Ham stories must be a hell of a lot more pleasant than me."
Ginny just gave Harry a look as she paused at the door to the compartment. "We will figure out what is going on, though. And I don't just mean with Malfoy." She touched his arm. "And I'll try to talk to Ron."
And then she was gone, leaving Harry alone with his thoughts.


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Case T-59/06 Low & Bonar plc v European Commission EU:T:2011:669
Barrister: Matthew O'Regan
Area of law: Competition law
Summary: Matthew successfully represented Low & Bonar in challenging a fine imposed on it for a subsidiary's involvement in a cartel between European manufacturers of industrial bags. He demonstrated that the subsidiary had only participated in meetings between Belgian and Dutch manufacturers and was unaware of an overall cartel at the European level. Accordingly, the General Court reduced the fine by 25%.


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Thousands attended the sold-out G.O.A.T Brew Fest Saturday, Oct. 21, at the Yard Goats' Dunkin Donuts Stadium in Hartford. The inaugural event featured dozens of breweries, hundreds of different beer samples, live music, games and food.
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(Meredith) – A Colorado middle school teacher now faces child abuse charges after allegedly forcing a student to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance earlier this month.
Karen Smith, a physical education teacher at Angevine Middle School, was also charged on Tuesday with third-degree assault.
The Lafayette Police Department said Smith grabbed a male student by his jacket, lifted him to his feet and removed him from the classroom on Feb. 1.
Boulder Valley School District spokesman Randy Barber said district policy allows students to stand or sit for the Pledge
Barber said Smith is a 20-year employee of the district.
She was placed on paid administrative leave pending the outcome of the police investigation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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ORGANIZER: Bradley
EVENT: Dollar Energy Fund's Cool Down for Warmth
EVENT DATE: Jan 27, 2015
Bradley Barker wrote -
Please join as we help the Dollar Energy Fund raise money for families in need of utility assistance:
As part of Dollar Energy Fund's goal to help local families maintain or restore their utilities, the non-profit organization has created a unique and exciting fundraising opportunity called the Cool Down for Warmth. On January 27 & 28, 2015, a house of ice will be constructed in downtown Pittsburgh at PPG Place. Willing participants will stay in the house until they have met their fundraising goal of $2,500 or more. All donations will receive a dollar-for-dollar match from our partnering utility companies and 100% of the donations and matching funds will be used to provide utility assistance grants to local families in need through Dollar Energy Fund's Hardship Program.


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Saturday, June 12, 2010
My First Havaianas Flip Flops: Made for Cyclists
This is my first Havaianas, and I'm sure you know the reason why I bought it.
To be honest, I wasn't planning on buying anything when we entered the All Flip-Flops store in Bonifacio High Street. The plan was to burn off at least some of the food we ate from the buffet feast courtesy of EDSA Shangri-La's Heat.
The limited edition Pilipinas designs were on display and we wanted to check them out. As I was trying on the blue Pilipinas flip-flops with a yellow band, my wife pointed me to one at a corner of the store. This is it.
The rest, as they say, is credit card purchase history.
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Can Oriental rugs be vacuumed and cleaned?
Oriental and other rugs should be vacuumed regularly, particularly in high-traffic areas. 80% of soil in rugs is dry particulate matter, which acts as sandpaper and accelerates wear if it is not removed. Thicker rugs that are not regularly vacuumed can become impacted with dry soil over time, making it difficult, if not impossible, to remove.
My pet had an accident on my rug. What should I do?
It is critical to immediately absorb as much of the liquid as possible. Apply a 50-50 solution of water and vinegar and blot – do not rub – the area with white tissue or white towels. Resist the temptation to use over-the-counter spot removers. Most are too aggressive and contain some type of bleach. Spotters applied directly to the rug can leave soap residue and cause rapid resoiling.
Will periodic cleaning improve the beauty and maintain the value of my rugs?
Periodic cleaning by a qualified professional rug cleaner removes the soil that dulls color and reduces the luster of wool. In addition, regular cleaning can prevent thorny problems such as moth infestations, which can seriously affect the beauty and value of a rug. Oriental and area rugs should be cleaned every one to five years, depending on their location and traffic, to maintain their appearance, condition and value.
Can rugs be professionally cleaned in my home?
Rugs should never be cleaned at your home unless there are extenuating circumstances, such as size or weight, that prohibit them from being transported to a plant for cleaning. This is generally not an issue when doing business with qualified, professional rug cleaners, who pick up and deliver rugs as part of their service. Home cleaning leaves soap and dirt residue in the rug that causes it to resoil quickly. Additionally, the fringe cannot be cleaned in-home, and inadequate drying may cause the rug to mildew.
Are all rug cleaning businesses the same?
The rug care industry is no different from other industries. The most qualified rug care specialists distinguish themselves by their experience, in-depth knowledge of rugs, technical excellence and customer service. Before having your rugs professionally cleaned, ask a few questions. How long has the company been in business, and how experienced is their staff? Do they have their own cleaning plant, or do they subcontract the work? Investing a few minutes to ask these and other questions can pay significant dividends.
What are the various soils found on my rugs and carpets?
There are three types of soils found on rugs and carpet. The first type involves spots, which can be removed and stains, which are often permanent. The second is unattached surface litter, such as gritty dirt tracked in by feet, pet hair, lint and the like. Gritty soil scratches and dulls fibers and should be vacuumed at least once a week to reduce damage and extend the life of the carpet. The third type of soil consists of sticky oil and greases containing tiny pieces of soil material that adhere to the fibers in rugs and carpets. Professional cleaning can remove this type of soil; however, the longer it is on the fibers, the more difficult it is to remove.
What causes dye bleeding?
When some rugs are washed during the cleaning process, the dyes may weaken and bleed. There are many causes of dye bleeding in rugs. Some of them, such as defective dyes and dying methods and after-market "painting," may not be apparent at the time of purchase. Other causes of bleeding dyes are pet urine, sunlight, certain fumes, common chemicals and over-the-counter spot removers.
Why does rug fringe darken and wear so quickly?
Fringes are the Achilles heel of rugs because they deteriorate with normal foot traffic, vacuuming, cleaning, and other conditions. Because of their tenuous nature, fringes need to be replaced periodically.
Why do Oriental rugs have color variations that appear as horizontal bands?
Oriental rugs have variations in color because they are made by hand. Variations in surface color, knot density, pile height, shape and end finishes make hand-knotted rugs more interesting and spontaneous than those made by machine. One of the most common characteristics of Oriental rugs is the color variation known as abrash. These variations may appear as bands or horizontal bars and can vary from very subtle shade differences to distinct or even bold variations in certain colors of the rug. These distinct color variations are not defects but are characteristics of the many variables and dye lot differences that went into knotting the rug.
Is padding necessary for Oriental and area rugs?
All rugs, from family heirlooms to estate sale finds to new purchases, need a protective rug pad. Rug pads minimize slippage, increase the life of the rug, make rugs feel thicker and more luxurious, and absorb noise.
Are Oriental rugs identified only by design?
Design is one of many components used to identify Oriental rugs. We identify rugs by technical analysis that includes the materials used to make the rug, method of construction, dyes and design.
Do all Oriental rugs appreciate in value?
Most Oriental rugs made after World War II, including those made today, will not appreciate in value. In fact, purchasers most likely paid more for some rugs in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s than the rugs are worth today.
Are all old rugs valuable?
A rug's value depends on many things, including the type of rug, how and when it was made, its artistic merit and its condition. An old rug in poor condition is just an old rug; however, some old rugs are worth repairing to restore their beauty and usefulness.
Is knot count the best indication of a rug's value?
The value of only a few Persian rugs, such as Nain, Isfahan and silk rugs, is partially determined by knot count. New, mass-produced rugs from China, India and Pakistan vary in quality and design. Generally speaking, when these rugs are new, they have more knots per square inch and a higher price per square foot.
Is it common for the latex on the back of a rug to deteriorate?
Latex is an adhesive that anchors tufts to the primary backing, adds dimensional stability and attaches a secondary backing to the rug. Latex will commonly break down over time due to things like gases in the air, floor waxes, traffic and sunlight. This deterioration will appear as bubbles, powdery residue or backing separation.
Why do little white knots appear on the surface of a rug after cleaning?
White knots are caused by breaks in a rug's foundation when it is still on the loom. The breaks are spliced together by tying two knots at each end of the break. When the rug is new, the full length of the pile can obscure these white knots. Eventually, foot traffic as well as a thorough cleaning will reveal these knots. They should never be cut, which would create a weakness in the rug's foundation.


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An eclectic commission
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That is an interesting spread of minis. I have heard of nuns with guns, but not monks with machine guns! Fair is fair. Oooo, and Rats with swords. Gabe will like him! Who made the minis? Nice job as always, Matt!ReplyDelete
Minotaur is Grenadier, monks are are Black Cat. Not sure about the others. I'll try to find out.ReplyDelete
Monks with SMG's hmmmmm I might have to get some of those. Black Cat you say, if I can wait until October I can talk to the company face to face. Thanks Mate.ReplyDelete
Clint, I'm just checking with the customer. I'll post when I find out for definite. Cheers.ReplyDelete
The monks are from Black Cat Bases and can be found in their Cultists section.ReplyDelete
The ratman is the Nezumi figure from FourA miniatures.
The fairy moth things are Vaettir Varriers from the Relics range produced by Tor Gamin


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Sunday, July 27, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Visiting the Baltimore Aquarium With Friends
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday Fellowship
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Summer Beauty
Hibiscus are so gorgeous! These are the size of a dinner plate!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
Northern Virginia Homeschool Conference
This one looks a bit more natural :)
Andrew Pudewa-a great speaker and very entertaining!
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Happy Birthday Mom!
Monday, July 07, 2008
Our Patriotic Weekend Part 2
Playing volley ball in the rain with David Pillman who stayed with us for the weekend.
Making snowmen s'mores in the porch.
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Sugarbelle Bakery has 3 locations in Glastonbury, West Hartford, and newest store in South Windsor.
They offer retail purchases in the stores as well as special custom orders that can be placed in advance. Corporate events, parties, weddings, etc.
Royal Icing demonstrating:
4c confectioner's sugar
3T meringue powder
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Borough invoices: Duryea Borough Sewer Authority invoices for June to December 2017 have been mailed; they are due by Jan. 17; if you have not received an invoice, call 570-457-0122; office hours, Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and noon to 3 p.m.
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Community luncheon: Stone Soup Kitchen at Christ Church free community luncheon, Dec. 16, noon to 1:30 p.m., Delaware and Dundaff streets.
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Holiday concert: Western Wayne School District high school chorus and band concert, Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Veterans Memorial Auditorium at Western Wayne High School, 1970 Easton Turnpike; free admission.
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Cookie walk: St. Nicholas Byzantine Catholic Church cookie walk, Dec. 16, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., church hall, 140 Church St.; everyone is welcome.
Cookie walk: St. Michael's Byzantine Catholic Church cookie walk, Dec. 17, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., church hall, 205 N. Main St.; everyone is welcome.
Christmas concert: Christmas concert by the Harvesters, Dec. 16, 5 p.m., Jackson Street Baptist Church; free.
South Scranton
Senior party: Young at Heart Christmas party, Monday, 12:30 p.m., Cooper's Seafood House.
West Scranton
Cookie sale: SS. Peter and Paul Russian Orthodox Church eighth annual cookie sale, Sunday and Dec. 17, noon to 2 p.m., 1720 Academy St., pre-packaged,
$8/pound; rectory, 570-343-8128 or church center (day of), 570-961-3147; www.saintspeterandpaulscranton.com.
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When a Louisiana resident is ill, he or she and the family rely on doctors to provide the best possible medical care. Therefore, when a doctor or medical facility's negligence leads to injury, further illness, or even death, the patient or the patient's family members may seek legal recourse via a medical negligence lawsuit.
Adjusting to life after a spinal cord injury in Louisiana
Louisiana residents probably know that a complete recovery from a spinal cord injury usually requires long-term medical care. Hospitals typically provide the initial treatment, but the majority of the rehabilitation and therapy work takes place at home or in a long-term care facility. As a result, spinal cord injury patients usually rely on family members and professional caregivers. But, a patient also has to put in efforts to speed up the recovery process and adjust to life's new circumstances.
Seeking legal remedies after car accidents often requires help
A car accident can instantly change a victim's life. Injuries can lead to considerable pain and suffering, substantial medical bills and lost wages. When someone is killed, family members are left with grief and sorrow as well as financial losses. Fortunately, like every other state, Louisiana offers victims legal ways to seek monetary compensation for their losses. Even so, legal action after an accident can be difficult.
Boating accidents in the United States
Many people in Louisiana are recreational boating enthusiasts. Recreational boating, though fun for most, may also be dangerous if the proper safety measures are not taken. The perils of the sea must never be ignored by anyone who wishes to go out on a boating trip. Local authorities issue safety warnings and awareness programs every year to make the public aware of the requisite boating safety measures.
Multi-car accident claims the life of a Louisiana resident
Tragically, car accidents are frequent occurrences in Louisiana, resulting in severe injuries as well as fatalities in many cases. These car crashes may occur in multiple car pileups or rollover accidents which often multiply the injuries and number of victims. Louisiana authorities have, time and again, imposed and strictly enforced traffic rules throughout the state.


text: Misplaced Faith? an interview with Professor Luke Galen, inspires some interesting speculations that I'll offer in response. First, the mention of gender differences in the context of individual differences in the "sensus divinitatis" and agency detection is potentially important. Several factors that may help explain gender differences in religiousness are


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This is the ONLY driver that made my old Diamond Viper V550 card work under Windows 2000. I was told to use the "Nvidia RIVA TNT" drivers for this card, but they all resulted in certain graphics errors -- certain games couldn't run, or change resolution, or crashed, or had funny looking graphics...
However, this particular file worked much better. It may be a whole different species of "TNT family drivers for Win2K", e.g. I dunno what WHOL or non-WHOL means, or what the "FASTER VGA DRIVER" thing refers to.
But here's the title of the driver. I got it off the "Gainward" homepage.
Nvidia driver update, TNT Series, "Faster VGA Driver (VER 7.97)" -- for Windows 2000 / Win2K


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Arizona Association of Environmental Professionals (AZEP)
AZAEP is the Arizona Chapter of the National Association of Environmental Professionals. AZAEP is a statewide organization that provides for the exchange of technical and regulatory information as well as networking opportunities.
AZAEP provides a forum to facilitate the exchange of ideas while promoting excellence in our profession. We are a non-profit organization dedicated to our members, our parent organization, and our community.
AZAEP provides career development opportunities for a range of individuals, from university students to veteran professionals.
The AZAEP Chapter was formed to:
⇲ promote the goals of enhancing, maintaining, and protecting the quality of life in the natural and human environment.
⇲ create an interdisciplinary society of environmental professionals in Arizona.
⇲ encourage the efficient use of resources and improvement of the natural environment.
⇲ provide opportunities for professional development through meetings, conferences, and other activities.
⇲ facilitate communication within the environmental community including colleagues in business, government, and academia.
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I have a treeview with the dimensions Month and Quarter and a measure Holidays.
I want to add next to the Q4 the Count of Holidays.
I want the same thing for December.
It should be like in the image above.
I tried:
= Quarter & Count(Holidays)
but it gives me an Error.
Holidays is Field? or how it is?
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text: As world economic and political stability are thrown increasingly into question, gold remains a confident answer for worried investors. "During last year, gold rose some 30%, leaving investors wondering if there was any upside left in the metal. But this year has brought renewed vigour to the demand for gold as a hedge against global uncertainty. Revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, uprising in Libya, protests in Bahrain, the deepening debt-crisis in the Euro Zone and tensions in the Middle East have all renewed the strength of gold as a safe haven."


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Processes are an integral part of various business operations of an organization. Any organization, big or small has a set of operations – human resources, sales, manufacturing, supply chain, customer service and so on.
These processes are developed to ensure that there are definite guidelines for employees to follow when a task has to be performed. It is not sufficient to have the processes on paper; employees will have to be trained to follow and adhere to these processes. Training has several advantages.
- Each employee does not have to re-invent the wheel but can get on to the task immediately.
- Ensures uniformity across the enterprise and
- Makes it easier to train a new employee when he/she joins the organization.
Different business operations have specific processes and several sub processes. Here is a presentation titled, "Application of Process Training in Different Business Operations" that lists some of the typical processes involved in business operations.
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Dave Newbold, CTO of JT Global is speaking in the Access Evolution track on Day Three of the Broadband World Forum, taking place on the 22nd – 24th October 2013 at the RAI Exhibition and Convention Centre, Amsterdam. Ahead of the show we find out more about JT Global's Channel Island based network and the challenges involved in deploying it.
You are based in the Channel Islands? Why here particularly and do you have plans to grow to other markets?
JT are the incumbent, full service telecoms operator on Jersey with an alternate operator in the other Channel Islands. JT are wholly owned by the States of Jersey. We operate a global business through acquisition and business development. We have offices in Jersey, Guernsey, London, Boston and Melbourne and we operate under the channel brands of JT, Worldstone, ekit, Telestial and GO-SIM.
You plan to have a ubiquitous FTTH network across the island of Jersey by 2015. What do you believe will be the biggest challenges in achieving this?
JT are in year two of a five-year programme to switchover all broadband lines from copper to fibre.
We have encountered many challenges with the concept, from development of the business case through to choice of technologies, but have overcome many of.
The most significant were:
How do you think full fibre will change things for the Channel Island businesses and residential customers?
For residential customers is will enable them to work from home, and bring unfettered access to a superior internet experience. They will gain access to OTT services such as video including the adoption of smart home technologies, which includes everything from smart metering to home security, and 'home based' education and health services.
Additionally, the symmetrical service and the guaranteed high-speed bandwidth will open up a new horizon for residential users, such as personal media hosting/sharing and augmented reality, that was previously only for the privileged from corporate leased line users or science labs.
For businesses is will mean make global cloud services a possibility either for consumption or to provide the service.
FTTH is excessive for most businesses and residential customers. How would you argue against this statement?
Simple. Today the copper experience even at the highest available speeds is variable, susceptible to failure (for example we get lots of lightning strikes), and expensive to operate. However, data usage continues to grow in high double digits, closely following the predicted capacity that was created by Moore's (computing) or Nielsen's law (bandwidth). The average bandwidth need is currently around 8-10MB, so it is easy to calculate that bandwidth demand will supersede theoretical limits of current ADSL and VDSL in the next 5-10 years unless users start to seriously compromise on the time it requires to access the data.
With fibre, what you buy is what you get, which is hardly ever possible over copper and alternatives such as VDSL or mobile broadband do not offer a future proofed route and just delay the inevitable.
Where will the investment to make FTTH go mainstream come from? What will be the catalyst for an inflection point for full FTTH growth?
There will be a few and a combination of them. Early entrants will pick off the high density high value customers onto fibre networks, which forces the hand of the incumbents. Eventually governments will take action to subsidise growth.
The current set-up of the commercial broadband operators with wholesale regulation and capped bandwidth bundles are anti-FTTH investment. However, the increasing demand for more bandwidth will create the opportunity to gear up the product mix to higher value tiers and provide the opportunity to introduce new premium features (speed boosters, symmetrical service, residential hotspot sharing, data charging etc.) that will reintroduce the monetary incentives for old (mainly incumbents) and new players (content/service owners as Google, Sky etc.) to invest into fibre networks.
What are the biggest challenges holding FTTH from becoming a reality in most markets?
I would say predicable RoCE and access to funds. There is also:
What are you most looking forward to about your speaking role at the Broadband World Forum?
Explaining JT's experience to date and leaning from others who are doing equally exciting things.
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Feeling Antonyms
A while back I wrote these words:
"To feel trapped is to know there is an exit. To feel alone is to know that out there, somewhere, is a companion. To feel distant is to know what closeness once felt like. To feel is to have felt an antonym." ~ 11-2-05
For some reason these words came back to me lately. Like a flood they swept through my mind every day for the past week – eroding away at my thoughts.
To have felt anything means that we have, at some point in our lives, felt its antonym. My joy is heightened by knowing that I have at some point experienced pain and sadness; my loneliness is deepened as I remember that at some moment in my life I have experienced companionship and friendship.
When we feel we do not think like this, but if we did it might help us better understand why a moment seems so enjoyable or so painful. And as I think about this I can't help but ask the question:
If we were to recognize the antonym of our feelings how would it help us deal with those current feelings?
If I were to recognize that the antonym of my sadness was joy, how would that affect my sadness? If I were to understand that the antonym of my peace and contentment was suffering, how would that change the way I looked at the peace surrounding me?
My belief is that either way we experience hope. If I see joy as the opposite to my sadness I am reminded that joy exists beyond this moment, and if I see suffering as the opposite of my contentment I rejoice in knowing that suffering is distant from the current moment. Hope works its way into both our pain and joy, through their antonyms.
Maybe I'm too much of a optimist for my own good, but this is how I see it, and I think we'd all be better off seeing it as such.
Question: Do you think your current feelings would be affected by looking at their antonym?
2 responses to "Feeling Antonyms"
bekkah s says :
LOVE your quote. good stuff.